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Tuesday, August 1, 2023Anyone looking for major changes in college football rules for the 2023 season will be disappointed. For John McDaid, that’s a good thing.But the Sun Belt Conference’s Coordinator of Football Officials did provide an update on the few rule adjustments in place for the upcoming season during Day 2 of Sun Belt Football Media Days on Wednesday, July 26, at the Sheraton New Orleans ...

August 1, 2023 3:14 pm CTTexas is heading into the 2023 season with the mindset of one like Mr. John Wick.Programs across the Big 12 are always wanting to beat Texas and put them in their place, but with the Longhorns projected to have their best team since 2009 and also departing for the SEC following the season, it’s different in 2023.Texas will always be enemy No. 1 in the eyes of most programs, ...

Knoxville News SentinelFind a reasonable Tennessee football fan and ask them how many games the Vols will win this season.They’ll say a number higher than seven. That’s how many UT won in coach Josh Heupel’s first season in 2021, when he was cleaning up the mess left by the Jeremy Pruitt recruiting scandal.They’ll likely say a number lower than 11. That’s how many UT won in Heupel’s second season in ...

8.1.23 | FOOTBALLPHILADELPHIA — The Football Writers Association of America today announced its watch list for the 29th Bronko Nagurski Trophy, which is awarded annually to the best defensive player in college football. Temple graduate linebacker Layton Jordan was one of 96 defensive players selected to the 2023 preseason watch list.The 2022 season was a breakthrough year for Jordan, who transitioned ...

Syracuse, N.Y. — For pretty much the first time in his five-year college football career, Garrett Shrader has some consistency.This season will be his second under quarterbacks coach Jason Beck. It’s the first time he’s kept the same position coach for consecutive years. Beck, also Syracuse football’s offensive coordinator, will be the fifth OC Shrader has played under.He also returns his top receiving ...

Syracuse, N.Y. — Syracuse football is projected to finish 10th in the ACC in its first year without divisions.The 2023 ACC Preseason Poll, voted upon by 176 media members, was released Tuesday by the conference. Clemson is projected to be conference champion, garnering 103 first-place votes, with Florida State and University of North Carolina rounding out the top 3.Dino Babers had just begun his first ...

By Creg Stephenson | cstephenson@al.comSouth Alabama picked up its third commitment of the day Monday from Will Loerzel, a tight end from Isidore Newman High School in New Orleans.Loerzel (6-foot-4, 245 pounds) also has scholarship offers from Louisiana Tech, Army, Louisiana-Monroe and Southern Miss, among other schools. He joins Vigor’s Jerrian Graham and Athens’ JayShon Ridgle — both wide receivers ...

By Creg Stephenson | cstephenson@al.comSouth Alabama opens football training camp on Friday, with expectations for the program sky-high after a 10-3 record under second-year coach Kane Wommack in 2022.The Jaguars are picked to finish second in the Sun Belt West Division in 2023 behind defending conference champion Troy, and return 18 of the 22 players who started on offense and defense in the season-ending ...

BY KIRK KENNEYJULY 31, 2023 5 PM PTSDSU head coach Brady Hoke and new offensive coordinator Ryan Lindley both have said over and over that the Aztecs’ offense will be modeled after Utah’s, which prominently features the tight end.The Utes feature their tight ends to such a degree that the past two seasons nearly 40 percent of the team’s receptions were by tight ends.At Monday’s practice, SDSU tight ...

8/1/2023 8:00:00 AMHUNTSVILLE — Sam Houston landed 11 players on the 2023 College Football Network's preseason All-Conference USA teams.The Bearkats had three players named to the second team including WAC Defensive Player of the Year linebacker Kavian Gaither. He is joined by wide receiver Ife Adeyi and defensive lineman Akeem Smith.Running back Zach Hrbacek was named to the third team, and he was ...